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they are not required, 120 require them, and twenty-five give 

 qualified answers. The grades in which notehooks are required 

 in the 120 systems above are as follows : eleven require them in the 

 eighth grade only; fifty-one" in grades VII and VIII; twenty in 

 grades VI, VII and VIII ; ten in V, VI, VII and VIII ; seven in 

 IV, V, VI, VII and VIII ; five in III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII ; 

 two in V, VII and VIII ; one in II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII ; 

 eleven in IV and VIII; two in VI and VII; one in IV, VI, VII 

 and VIII; two in V and VI; one in VII; two in IV, V, and VI; 

 and two in all grades. Twelve do not require them, but neverthe- 

 less use them in grades V, VI, VII and VIII ; one only permits their 

 use in grades VII and VIII ; three use them to some extent in VI 

 and VIII; four use them sometimes in VI, VII and VIII; three 

 make their use optional in VI, VII and VIII; and one uses them 

 very little in VII and VIII. 



The fact brought out by the above replies is the increased 

 amount of notebook work as the child progresses in the grades. 

 The interesting fact established from the answers is that there 

 are about as many systems not requiring notebooks as there are 

 requiring them. The question, 'Are such reciuirements on the 

 increase or decrease?' might here suggest itself. For the answer 

 we shall have to wait till some future investigation is made. Com- 

 parisons will then be in order. Whether or not such requirements 

 should, or should not, increase will also have to remain unanswered 

 until some one gives us a standard for measuring results in history. 

 With a standard of some sort, one could easily tell whether or not 

 notebook keeping is worth while. Below is a table showing the 

 occurrence of notebook requirements by grades : 



Frequency in Grades — 





1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



111 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Required 



2 



4 



8 



19 



31 

 1 



52 

 1 



102 

 1 

 1 



r 

 1 



1 



Not required but used 



Only permitted in 











To some extent in 













1 

 1 

 1 



Optional 













Number suggested and urged 



Very little 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



Sometimes used in 















.... 1 ... . 



1 1 







3 



5 



9 



20 



33 



57 



108 



118 



